Prior to the iMac in 1998, Apple used a proprietary drive system — FDHD — that can’t, AFAIK, be emulated.
Cary > On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Typically we are trying to access the data and transfer it for preservation > work. There could be cases though where the data will need to be in the > emulated environment in order to replay. We can't always predict what types > of records we are going to get from across the Institution. We have > encountered CDs and diskettes that will only read in the OS 9 environment and > won't even be recognized in OS 10.x. > > Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig > Electronic Records Archivist > Digital Services Division > Smithsonian Institution Archives > Capital Gallery Building > 600 Maryland Ave SW > Suite 3000 > MRC 507 > Washington, DC 20024-2520 > > siarchives.si.edu | @SmithsonianArch | Facebook | e-newsletter > > A gift in support of the Archives will help make more of our collections > accessible! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard Sarvas > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator > > Lynda, > Do you need to use the data on the file system in an emulated environment or > are you just trying to access the data on the file system created by OS9? > > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle > Banerjee > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the responses. >> >> We actually need to read media within it so Virtual Box would not work >> for us. >> > > Could you say a bit more about your use case? Some applications such as > dealing with archival materials might actually require actual hardware in > which case ebay may be the best option. > > kyle
